Ulster ex servicemen join reorganized Ulster Volunteer Force
Belfast reports confirm a reorganization of the Ulster Volunteer Force with ex service men enrolling. Officials note Sinn Feiners are drilling in Belfast as a counterpoint to the move amid rising tensions. In Cork Spike Island prisoners riot smashing huts, wrecking chapel furniture, and burning sleeping kits. four inmates injured.
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Ulster
Ulster Volunteer Force
Belfast
Sinn
Cork
Spike Island
Queenstown
Reduction in Size of British Army Urged
London reports a committee of business men recommends cutting British army strength and reducing the household cavalry by one third to trim war office expenditures. The panel urges keeping British troops in Mesopotamia and Sir Eric Geddes chaired the inquiry before his resignation as transportation minister.
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London
Household Cavalry
War Office
Eric Geddes
Montreal Woman's Club hears Sir Geo Foster on world war threat
Sir Geo Foster former minister of trade and commerce told Montreal Women's Club that nations cannot endure another world war. He warned science has developed destructive weapons, and a future war would ruin wealth, life, and morale.
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G. Foster
Gould
Montreal
Geo. Foster
University student killed while hunting near Edmonton
Wesley Madill a 22 year old agriculture student at the University of Alberta was accidentally shot and killed Saturday afternoon while hunting near Edmonton authorities reported the incident.
Miracle Needed to Avert Nationwide Railroad Strike
Cleveland Ohio October 17 reports that transportation chiefs will meet Tuesday to map plans for the nationwide rail strike set to begin at 6 a.m. October 20. W G Tee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says nothing but a miracle can stop the strike.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Big
W. G. Tee
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Western G W 1A at Amalgamation Great War Veterans
Delegates from British Columbia open the fifth annual convention of the Great War Veterans Association in Port Arthur Ontario with a proposal for amalgamation as the first business of each day and to invite other bodies' representatives. A BC membership crisis is cited with reports of branch decline from 900 to about 200, threatening the G W V A westward.
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Port Arthur
Ont
British Columbia
Great War Veterans Association
Ian McKenzie
Vancouver
Canada
G.W.V.A
L. Asquith
New Westminster
Dominion Command
Nominations Narrow Federal Candidates in Eastern Districts
Ottawa voters await December 6 federal election with the last nominees listed for Eastern constituencies. Liberal candidates include H. B. McGiverin E R Ke Chevrier R M Gendrion James B K Begg and J A Sexsmith Conservative contenders are H C Hocken William Sutton and J Sexsmith with U F C O Preston Elliott and others noted in Ontario districts.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
H. B. McGiverin
E. R. KE
Chevrier
Wright County
R. M. Gendrion
West Torarto
H.C Hocken
Norfolk
William Sutton
H. A. Fortier
Dundas
Preston Elliott
U.f.co
Victoria
Night Watchman of Holborn Calls Time Through the Night
In Holborn, Harvey Dykes, clad in silk hat and frock coat, keeps vigil as the city’s night watchman. He calls out the hours from ten in the evening to five in the morning, a vestige of old London's pre Sir Robert Zeel era.
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Old London
Sir Robert Zeel
Holborn
Harvey Dykes
Night Watch
Medal of Honor Ceremony Honors Unknown British Warrior
President Harding and Congress receive praise from Lloyd George for the United States honoring Britain's unknown warrior. General Pershing lays the medal, symbolizing shared aims and deep ties between Britain and the United States in a solemn wartime commemoration. King George sends war appreciation to the U.S. president and seeks to confer the Victoria Cross on Armistice Day.
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London
Lloyd George
General Pershing
Great Britain
Congress of the
United States of America
Congress
United States
Anerita
King George
Harding
Refused to Name Murderer Stabbing Claims Life in Toronto
Basil Dale aged 28 died after a stabbing in a lane on Saturday night. He had refused to name his attacker. At a Brantford Ontario meeting M M MacBride MLA opposed the Progressive candidate. Robert Campbell aged 60 a Royal Bank of Canada supervisor died in Winnipeg.
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Toronto
Basil Dale
Independent Labor Party
Prantford
Ont
M. M. MacBride
M.L.A
Progressive
Robert Campbell
Central Western
Royal Bank of Canada
Winnipeg
Prohibition Laws Upheld as Constitutional by Supreme Court
Ottawa October 18 The case Gold Seal versus the Dominion Express was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada with costs borne by the Dominion Express Co The ruling holds prohibitions under the Canada Temperance Act constitutional in six provinces and applies nationwide.
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Supreme Court
Gold Seal
Dominion Express Company
Ottawa
Can
Dominion Express
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion Express Co
Grain Movement by CN Railways Speeds 1921 Crop
Winnipeg Oct 18 Can. Press. Evidence shows CN Railways moving grain to the lakes rapidly. October average loading 1,100 cars per day, peak 1,239 cars. Aug 16 to Oct 5 total 33,471 cars, up 111.1 percent from last year. Movement six weeks ahead in cars loaded. Includes 734 cars of old grain this year and 81 last year.
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Winnipeg
Can
Canadian National Railways
Prairie Provinces
Head of the Lakes
C. N. KH
Attempted shooting of Schneidemann shocks German party meeting
Berlin reports that Philip Schneidemann former secretary of foreign affairs was fired upon during a German People's Party meeting in Ludenscheid Westphalia five men were arrested for attempted assassination. Printing offices and newspapers workers went on strike and did not publish this morning. Chancellor Wirth announced his plan to resign after the League of Nations decision on Upper Silesia.
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Berlin
Philip Schneideman
German People’s Party
Ludenscheid
Westphalia
Herr Schneideman
Paris
Wirth
Germany
Commission of Deans
Reichstag
Council of the League of Nations
Upper Silesia
Mail carrier Benton slain near Cameron Falls
Port Arthur reports J Benton an Englishman aged about 26 and Cambridge graduate who served as a solicitor before emigrating. He made a fine record delivering mail between Cameron Falls and Nipigon, never late and often alone, until he was shot from ambush and robbed of his charge.
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Port Arthur
Benton
Cameron Falls
London
Cambridge
Toronto
England
Nipigon
Canadian National engineer killed in fog collision near Winnipeg
FP JF Walker a Canadian National railway engineer died when two freight trains collided in dense fog at St Charles Manitoba near Winnipeg. The crash occurred in a rural area as the trains operated in foggy conditions.
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JF. Walker
Canadian National Railway
St. Charles
Man
Winnipeg
Wages and Rates Conflict Over Rail Road Board Move
Chicago Oct 17 The rail labor board suggested that recent wage cuts be passed as lower freight rates to avert a threatened railroad strike. Samuel M Felton president of the Chicago Great Western ridiculed the idea calling it absurd while noting details were incomplete. Other executives said further reductions are not possible as wage cuts have already lowered rates. R M Jewell declined to comment until union actions are officially issued.
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Chicago
Washington
The
Railroad Labor Board
Samuel M. Felto
Chicago Great Westrn Railroad
Felton
Association of Raiway
R. M. Jewell
Foresee Legal Action In Strike
Washington reports federal action on the threatened railroad strike remained in conference among the interstate commerce commission and railway labor board officials. Presid ent Harding awaits outcomes while labor leaders expect possible injunctions as the next step in legal action.
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Washington
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Labor Board
M. H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
Daugherty
Hays
Excelsior Lands Withdrawal from Medicine Hat School District Sought
City council and Excelsior municipal district discuss withdrawal of lands located in Excelsior No. 92 from Medicine Hat school district. Resolution calls for consent of the Medicine Hat school board, transfer of title abstracts, a 5 percent commission on school tax collection, release from tax sale, and 50 percent of subdivision cancellation costs. Council approves with pro rata costs.
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J. S. Ward
Municipal Disiet of
Excelsior
Excelsior Council
Medisne Stat School Board
Medicine War
S. W
Gas City Addition
Inglewood
Gulden Park
Victoria
Leverton
City of
Medicine Hat
TheExcelsior Council
Golden Park
Card
Ald
Davidson
Huckvale
Sir Robert Burger to Represent Canada at Washington Conference
London October 1 Officials announced Canada will be represented at the Washington disarmament conference. Prime Minister Lloyd George read the British Empire delegation list naming Sir Robert Bordent as Canada's representative. He also noted A J Balfour Lord Lee of Fareham Sir Auckland Geddes would serve as delegates if needed.
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London
Canada
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lst
British Empire
Robert Bordent
Washington
A. J. Balfour
Lord Lee
Fareham
Admiralty
Auckland Geddes
Ulster Premier Hints at Participation in Peace Talks
In police court M Batiman fined $10 and costs for intoxication. Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, hints he expects to participate in the peace negotiations.
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M. Batiman
James Craig
Ulster
Summons Sent to Big Four Chiefs for Railway Conference
Telegrams summoned the chiefs of the Big Four railroad brotherhoods and the switchmen's union to a conference with the United States Railway Labor Board to forestall an actual walkout on the railways. Dispatches were sent to labor leaders today.
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Chicago
Big Four Brotherhoods and Switchmen’s Union
United States Railway Labor Board
United States
Inbor
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